OpenTable diners either don’t think Massachusetts is romantic or forgot we exist altogether
The online dining reservation service made a list of the 100 most romantic restaurants in America, and not one of them was in Massachusetts.
Maybe you live in Massachusetts and were hoping to take a special someone to a romantic Valentine’s Day dinner. Maybe you wanted to order some pasta and try to reenact that scene from Lady and the Tramp (if you can make this work, you’re a magician). And maybe you were hoping that OpenTable could help you achieve these sexy dreams, given that the online reservation service just published their 2016 list of the 100 most romantic restaurants in America.
If so, you’re out of luck. Not a single establishment in Massachusetts was deemed romantic enough for their rankings.
Granted, it’s not OpenTable’s fault. It’s the fault of people who rate restaurants on OpenTable, because the results were culled from verified OpenTable diners who gave their opinions of restaurants between December 7, 2014, and December 6, 2015. OpenTable then sorted these restaurants according to how often “romantic’’ was selected as a special feature.
The rest of New England fared pretty well: New Hampshire’s Ristorante Massimo in Portsmouth, Maine’s White Barn Inn in Kennebunk, Connecticut’s Thomas Henkelmann-Homestead Inn in Greenwich and ON20 in Hartford, and Rhode Island’s Bouchard Restaurant and Inn in Newport all made the cut.
Maybe there’s some solace in knowing that Vermont restaurants apparently aren’t for lovers, either.
But, c’mon OpenTable users, what’s the deal? Are our Massachusetts dining rooms not dimly lit enough? Are our banquets a few velvet coverings away from decadent? Do we lack sufficient amounts of champagne, or chocolate, or whatever else makes a restaurant romantic? Do we not serve enough, like, oysters? Because we do. If there’s one thing we do right around these parts, it’s definitely serving enough oysters.
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